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Originally Posted by jayswin
Calgarians have always struggled a little to not sound that way. We've become a lot more progressive as a city over the years, but I notice our white citizens as a whole are still pretty open and quick to point to races in the city as problems at the drop of a Stetson. Almost eager to in a lot of cases.
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I don't think that's the case at all based on my experiences. In fact, I'd venture to say that Calgarians are far better than their peers across Canada when it comes to prejudicial attitudes towards visible minorities. This is a function of Calgarians having relatively high levels of educational attainment and also population demographics that skew younger (older folks tend to hold onto their racist and bigoted beliefs and are less open to change).
When I think of the lowlifes that frequent my neighbourhood, it's a united nations of losers. There's no one particular race that stands out in terms of the criminal element.